Pesky General Tells the Truth and a Church Steps Up. Here's what General Hagee said, to explain comments made by Lt. Gen. James Mattis of the Marine Corps. "Lt. Gen. Mattis often speaks with a great deal of candor. I have counseled him concerning his remarks and he agrees he... [Under The Same Sun]

Why do I have a vision of Sterling Hayden as Brig. Gen. jack D. Ripper saying this stuff. I mean saying 'It's a hell of a hoot.' Or 'It's fun to shoot people.' Both seem right up there with 'Your Commie has no regard for human life. Not even his own.' Or 'I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.' I guess it makes good press and helps recruit more Marines.  9:52:32 PM    

Report: Non-Doctors Carried Out Amputations at Abu Ghraib. Truly disgusting. Time Magazine has a new report on the medical disarray at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. The report is based on interviews with medical staff and a document it obtained about medical treatment at the prison and the... [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

Just when you could not think it could get worse. But none of the big guys will ever take any real heat from this.  9:38:54 PM    

Obscenity. I'm not big on anti-obscenity crusades in general, but having just watched the nipple-free 2005 Super Bowl, it seems to me that if I were the parent of a young child I would be more troubled by my kids watching... [Matthew Yglesias]

Of course, my son (almost 15) when he sees these ads just quotes the comedian who said 'If I had a four hour erection, I'd do more than Cialis. I'd see Mary and I'd see Jane.'  9:34:50 PM    

I'm actually a.... I'm actually a little surprised Vice President Cheney said this. But if he wants to be upfront about the folly of his administration's proposal, who am I to complain? This from Fox ... "We're going to borrow $758 [b]illion over... [Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall]

Somehow, borrowing trillions of dollars more does not seem fiscally responsible but they want to do it. Unless their plan is to default on the money already owed to the trust fund. That would be really good.  9:32:03 PM    

Bush Aiming to Screw Veterans Yet Again. The cynicism and duplicity of the Bush Administration rarely fazes... [Daily Kos]

But he has to make his tax cuts for the rich permanent somehow. There actually was an survey that showed that the VA hospitals have better average care than may other private systems. So let's try to screw it up even more.  9:28:58 PM